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ChurchShield

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 27, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for ChurchShield →2 incidents on file

ChurchShield, a provider of accounting, tax, and payroll services to churches, reported unauthorized access to its network between August 26, 2023, and September 14, 2023. The investigation, concluded on December 1, 2024, determined that full names, Social Security numbers, bank account information, and/or dates of birth were potentially removed from the network. The company engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and is offering complimentary credit monitoring to affected individuals.

Incident timeline

Aug 26, 2023

Begins

Dec 27, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGDec 27 · first
Vermont State AGDec 27 · first · this page
Maine State AG+2d
Maryland State AG+7d
New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Dec 27 (IN), last Jan 3 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.